American Animals ushers the reader along a gut-wrenching ride of adolescent self-destruction, providing a front-row seat to the inception, planning, and execution of the heist, while offering a rare glimpse into the evolution of a crime―all narrated by one of the perpetrators in a darkly comic, action-packed, true-crime caper.
The story that unfolds is a gripping adventure of teenage rebellion, from page-turning meetings with black-market art dealers in Amsterdam, to the opulent galleries of Christie’s auction house in Rockefeller Center. Disillusioned with freshman year of college, and determined to escape from their mundane Middle-American existences, the three hatch a plan to steal millions of dollars’ worth of artwork and rare manuscripts from a university museum. In an attempt to perform a brave robbery, four young men, Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk and Chas Allen, decide to steal valuable books from. Since then he has been in many successful movies and TV shows, with his role as Tyson Burr in the movie Hello Destroyer, Eric Borsuk in the movie American Animals and Pete in the popular teen comedy-drama TV show Awkward being the most popular among his portrayals. “One of the biggest art heists in FBI history.” ― The Times of LondonĪmerican Animals is a coming-of-age crime memoir centered around three childhood friends: Warren, Spencer, and Eric. “They are the young people, the people with the idealism, the passion, the courage to do something interesting with their lives: an act of daring almost artistic in its originality. “A rare book heist that Danny Ocean may have applauded―except for one mistake.” ― Vanity Fair American Animals is a coming-of-age crime memoir centered around three childhood friends: Warren, Spencer, and Eric. “One of the most esoteric and far-fetched crimes in 21st century annals.” ― The Hollywood Reporter In American Animals, Layton brings that same preoccupation to a (mostly) narrative form for the first time, and the results are sensational: a riveting college-boy crime caper that speeds along.
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